Saturday, May 24, 2008

Eurovision 2008

Oh lordy - it's that time of year - Eurovision!!!

If Eurovision is something you are not familiar with...go here....EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!

Eurovision has been around far longer than American Idol, is watched by far more people and has the benefit of having some of the best Euro-pop music around all performed as a big fat contest. These folks each represent their countries, perform live (this is my favorite - you'll see), have interesting and sometimes laughable production values (but far superior to AI, IMHO) and generally just make for a great time.

Of course, the most notable winners of Eurovision would most likely be ABBA...if you like ABBA, you must tune into the Eurovision Songfest yearly....I know I do.

Here's the Wiki history and rules

Here are this years winners - Enjoy cupcakes!!

(Five Bonus Points if you can name the skater in the Russian entry.)

At #3, Greece:



At #2, Ukraine:



And #1, First time Ever Winner, Russia - (This is way over the top):



2 comments:

Jessica said...

Holy sweet mother. As far as that last video is concerned, I have only three words to say: Interpretive ice dancer.

That was... Incredible.

Girl Friday said...

Is that Richie Sambora playing the fiddle? Wha?